Saturday, July 05, 2014

Another (corrupt) Berrien County (corrupt) judge in action

Pinkney's second hearing in his latest recall election frame-upCorrupt judge, Charlie LaSata, rejected Rev. Edward Pinkney's appeal without even a shred of evidence. He denied Pinkney's motion to quash the June 5, 2014 bind-over.

The testimony of Mark Goff

Goff is a forensic document examiner with the Michigan State Police. His testimony was limited to an opinion: the dates next to the signatures on some

of the petitions had been changed. And, the changes were done with ink other

than the ink that was used to write original dates next to the signatures.

However, Goff specifically testified that he could not determine who made the

changes or when. His testimony essentially provided a basis to find probable

cause that someone changed the dates, but provided no evidence regarding

who did it or when it was done.

There is no evidence that Pinkney was the only person who had access to - or opportunity to - change the petitions. The state's handwriting expert could not

say who altered the petitions. There are no admissions or confessions. There are no witnesses to any alterations.

In the first of the two court hearings this summer, prosecutor Sepic subpeonaed approximately 12 petition signers. He wanted to find evidence that Pinkney altered the dates of their signatures. Each one of them told Sepic that they had written the incorrect date, realized it, and simply crossed out the date and wrote the correct one on the petition. Sepic still maintains that Pinkney changed the dates. As part of the Berrien County machine, he's doing what's expected.

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BANCO online archive

Rev. Edward Pinkney - How BANCO Started:

"Many years ago I was going about my life believing that the justice system was just that until I started going to the court house to observe all the wrong convictions. There are numerous factors for wrongful convictions in the Berrien County court system. Most of the problems are in the local judicial system."

"It's hard to believe that in the year 2012 we have a county in Michigan with a legal system this antiquated and racist. What's harder to believe is that no one at the State or National level is taking any action to remedy the situation."

"We cannot run society for the privileged and allow a significant proportion of the population to be marginalized. It impacts the quality of life for all of us. If we have throwaway people, a justice system which tolerates injustice is doomed to collapse. I am truly ready for action."